The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm: The Reader as Metaphor
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Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epicGilgameshto the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Alberto Manguel
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812209105
- Release date
- 2013
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Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epicGilgameshto the World Wide We...